While the Google Toolbar does a fairly decent jog it is certainly not 100%effective. You might want to look into getting a popup blocker that enablesyou to have more control. EMS Freesufer is a decent freeware optionhttp://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/fs.htm--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

"Sinan" <sinan9@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:036201c4a022$593a1f10$a401280a@phx.gbl...| Hi| I have Google toolbar on internet explorer but i still| get popup advert how can i prevent this.

Sinan wrote:> Hi> I have Google toolbar on internet explorer but i still> get popup advert how can i prevent this.

There are at least three varieties of pop-ups, and the solutionsvary accordingly. Which specific type(s) is troubling you?

1) Does the title bar of these pop-ups read "Messenger Service?"

This type of spam has become quite common over the couple ofyears, and unintentionally serves as a valid security "alert." Itdemonstrates that you haven't been taking sufficient precautions whileconnected to the Internet. Your data probably hasn't been compromisedby these specific advertisements, but if you're open to this exploit,you may well be open to other threats, such as the Blaster Worm thatswept across the Internet last year and the currently active SasserWorm. Install and use a decent, properly configured firewall.(Merely disabling the messenger service, as some people recommend,only hides the symptom, and does little or nothing to truly secureyour machine.) And ignoring or just "putting up with" the securitygap represented by these messages is particularly foolish.

Oh, and be especially wary of people who advise you to do nothingmore than disable the messenger service. Disabling the messengerservice, by itself, is a "head in the sand" approach to computersecurity. The real problem is not the messenger service pop-ups;they're actually providing a useful, if annoying, service by acting asa security alert. The true problem is the unsecured computer, andyou've been advised to merely turn off the warnings. How is thishelpful?

3) To deal with pop-ups caused by any sort of "adware" and/or"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Xupiter, Bonzai Buddy, orKaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately (but withoutunderstanding the consequences) installed, two products that arequite effective (at finding and removing this type of scumware) areAd-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search & Destroy fromwww.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions. It's evenpossible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your systemagainst most future intrusions. I use both and generally performmanual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.

Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most commonvarieties of scumware are available here: